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OJ 12/29, [2] - Handwritten postcard from Carl Lafite to Schenker, postmarked May 26, 1904
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[printed:] ⇧ Correspondenz-Karte. An: ⇧ Hr. Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Tondichter ⇧ in ⇧ Wien III. Reisnerstrasse 38 [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | BESTELLT | 26. 5. 04 | [?8-18]V [postmark:] || 25. 5. 04 | 9/5 WIEN 69 | 2-3N || {verso} Mittwoch 26/5. 1 ⇧ Verehrter Herr Doctor! Besten, wenn auch arg verspäteten Dank für die freundliche Überlassung Ihres rezenten Chores „Agnes.“ 2 Er kommt in der nächsten Saison ganz zuverlässig bei uns zur Aufführung. © Transcription Martin Eybl, 2007, 2009 |
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[printed:] ⇧ Postcard To: ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Composer ⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III Reisnerstrasse 38 [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | DELIVERED | 26. 5. 04 | [?8-18] A.M. [postmark:] || 25. 5. 04 | 9/5 VIENNA 69 | 2-3 P.M. || {verso} Wednesday May 26 1 ⇧ Revered Dr. [Schenker], Warmest ‒ albeit severely belated ‒ thanks for kindly sending your recent chorus, "Agnes." w You can totally depend on its being performed by us in the next season. © Translation Ian Bent, 2008, 2009 |
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[printed:] ⇧ Correspondenz-Karte. An: ⇧ Hr. Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Tondichter ⇧ in ⇧ Wien III. Reisnerstrasse 38 [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | BESTELLT | 26. 5. 04 | [?8-18]V [postmark:] || 25. 5. 04 | 9/5 WIEN 69 | 2-3N || {verso} Mittwoch 26/5. 1 ⇧ Verehrter Herr Doctor! Besten, wenn auch arg verspäteten Dank für die freundliche Überlassung Ihres rezenten Chores „Agnes.“ 2 Er kommt in der nächsten Saison ganz zuverlässig bei uns zur Aufführung. © Transcription Martin Eybl, 2007, 2009 |
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[printed:] ⇧ Postcard To: ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Composer ⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III Reisnerstrasse 38 [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | DELIVERED | 26. 5. 04 | [?8-18] A.M. [postmark:] || 25. 5. 04 | 9/5 VIENNA 69 | 2-3 P.M. || {verso} Wednesday May 26 1 ⇧ Revered Dr. [Schenker], Warmest ‒ albeit severely belated ‒ thanks for kindly sending your recent chorus, "Agnes." w You can totally depend on its being performed by us in the next season. © Translation Ian Bent, 2008, 2009 |
Footnotes1 On postmark evidence, Lafite wrote this postcard on Wednesday May 25, 1904, but dated it incorrectly as May 26. Its writing does not appear to be recorded in Schenker's diary. 2 Heinrich Schenker, Drei Gesänge für Frauenstimmen a cappella, Op. 8, Nr. 1: "Agnes" (Eduard Mörike). Nothing is known of a performance by the Wiener Damenchor-Verein or any other choir, cf. OJ 12/29, [3]. — Two of Schenker's a cappella female choruses, without doubt also from Op. 8, which comprised three choruses, were given their first performances on February 28, 1904 in a Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde concert under the direction of Ferdinand Löwe, cf. Richard Heuberger, ed., Musikbuch aus Österreich, vol. II (Vienna: Fromme, 1905), p. 68: "H. Schenker: 2 Frauench. a. cap. (I. Auff.)." ("H. Schenker: Two a cappella Female Choruses (first performance)"). |